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July 25, 2005
Games of the Day

A nice pitching matchup in Milwaukee this evening as Brandon Webb and the Diamondbacks face Ben Sheets and the Brewers. The Diamondbacks are closing in on the Padres, while the Brewers are fighting to get back to .500 and back into the wild card race. Arizona lost the five starts by Webb, with Brandon picking up the decision in four of them. Webb has a 6.68 ERA over his last five starts, allowing 44 hits in 32 1/3 innings. Sheets over the same period has a 3.18 ERA, and has only walked 3 batters in his last 34 innings.

Just 1/2 game separate the Phillies and Astros in the NL wild card race as the two team meet tonight in Houston. Cory Lidle's strong start faded in the summer. In April and May, Lidle posted a 5-3 record and a 3.50 ERA. Since, he's 3-5 with a 5.49 ERA. Andy Pettitte, however, is in line for pitcher of the month honors with his 3-0 record and 1.08 ERA.

Finally, the Cleveland Indians travel to Oakland trailing the Athletics by 2 1/2 games in the wild card race. They'll send C.C. Sabathia against Barry Zito. Milliliter is not living up to his role as staff ace. He's allowed 24 hits in his last 15 1/3 innings. Zito, however, regained his ace form at the end of June. He's 5-0 with a 1.22 ERA over his last six starts, and has allowed just 25 hits in 44 1/3 innings. Cleveland has the worst BA vs. lefties in the AL, so that's another factor that should favor Oakland tonight.

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Posted by David Pinto at 03:16 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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I believe Webb has been pushed back to Tuesday. Gosling goes tonight against Sheets.

Posted by: Mike at July 25, 2005 03:38 PM

and andy pettitte hasn't gotten any ink for his outstanding pitching

you betcha the yanks wish they hadn't let him go...

Posted by: lisa gray at July 25, 2005 07:29 PM
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